Tag: early season

Photo of the Week: Snow Ghosts?

Snow goblins and ghosts – We see them often in the mountains. This one seems to be a rather friendly one… Is it Ullr- the Norse God of Snow in disguise? Could it be smiling because it was snowing again in the mountains of the northeast this weekend? Happy Halloween!

Old Man Winter Returns!

The first significant snow-producing nor’easter of the 2010-11 season dumped 10-30+″ of heavy snow over the highest mountain areas of the Northeast this weekend (VT’s Greens and NY’s Adirondacks, especially), and skiers have been out since Friday (10/15) morning embracing the return of our good friend Old Man Winter. Here are a few images from …

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Photo of the Week: Let it Snow!

It was exactly one year ago when northeastern skiers were making their first turns of the season on our local ski hills and higher elevation pastures. Over 6″ of snow fell at the higher elevations (just enough to coat skiers’ favorite moss- and grass-coated hillsides), and when the fog and clouds cleared, it was a …

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Photo of the Week: Dirt Road Skiing

There’s no better way to get in shape for the upcoming season of skiing adventures, than to go skiing. And if you haven’t before rocked a pair of dirt-road friendly roller skis on your favorite back roads, they are worth checking out. Known to most as a pavement-based training tool for serious and competitive nordic …

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First Snowflakes of the Season?

Although the higher elevations of NH’s Whites and NY’s Dacks received a dusting of frozen precipitation (some would call it snow) back in mid-September (does anyone have any photos to share?), we have yet to witness the first real accumulation of snowflakes over our northeastern mountains this season. We could see the snowflakes flying this …

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